The facts:

Peter carried out a full flight in the Hurricane (his first) and then returned to the airfield for a couple of flypasts for me to get some pictures before he landed. His approach was textbook, as was the flair to land, but it appears that the wheels locked up forcing the nose to pitch forward. Thankfully Peter was at very slow speed, and thus the aircraft came to a halt on the blades, relatively quickly. We were quickly on the scene and Peter was obviously shocked but thankfully unharmed. The Hurricane has obvious damage to the prop and proberbly the engine. Both undercarrage doors are damaged, but not seriously. Time will tell how bad the internal damage may be, but she is back in the hangar.

A fantastic effort was made by the assembled ‘help’ to get the Hurricane back on it’s tail wheel, without further damage.

Really disapointed to see that someone who was trusted to attend the scene felt fit to post images so soon.:mad:

Don’t miss this opportunity guys and girls – you wont get this kind of unique access very often.

Does this count?:D

The photo shoot would have been organised a long time ago to get pilots, ground crew, photographer and camera ship all in the same place at the same time. The weather could not be organised and hence the naff conditions.

Brian

That is true Brian, but it is sometimes better (and always possible) to re arrange if the weather is not good. I have to say that your shots are really good as always, especially under the conditions.